Education

Professor McConnell's primary teaching interests are financial markets, corporate finance, and banking. His current research interests are in the areas of corporate finance, corporate governance, securities markets, and financial derivatives.

He has published more than 100 articles in leading peer-reviewed finance, economics and management journals including the
Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the
Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Finance and others. His recent publications include: "Prior Client Performance and the Choice of Investment Bank Advisors in Corporate Acquisitions,"
Review of Financial Studies, 2014, Vol. 27, No. 8, pp. 2474-2503 (with V. Sibilkov); "The Power of the Pen Reconsidered: The Media, CEO Human Capital, and Corporate Governance," Journal of Banking and Finance, March 2017, Vol. 76, pp. 175-188
(with B. Liu and W. Xu); "When Is Good News Bad and Vice Versa: The Fortune Rankings of America's Most Admired Companies," Journal of Corporate Finance, April 2017, Vol. 43, pp. 378-396 (with Y. Cheng, B. Liu and A. Rosenblum).

He has been recognized for his scholarly contributions as the Distinguished Scholar of the Eastern Finance Association (2002) and as a Fellow of FMA (2007). He has won several teaching awards, including the Salgo-Noren Outstanding Teaching Award (1993, 1995,
2011 and 2012) and the Most Effective MSM Teacher Award (1992). He has received research support from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Small Business Administration, the Center for the Study of Futures Markets,
and the Catalyst Institute.

Professor McConnell has served on the board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis (1983-86), Harrington Financial Group, Inc. (1993-2000), and Harrington West Financial Group, Inc. (1999-2009). He has been a consultant to Goldman, Sachs
& Co., Merrill Lynch Capital Markets, Inc., the Federal Home Loan Bank System, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., and numerous law firms, corporations, and government agencies. He is an associate editor of the
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis; the Journal of Corporate Finance; the
Journal of Fixed Income; and the Real Estate Review.

Working Papers

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